MaineYankee's Miniatures Workshop

In this series we will build a bedroom of the American Federal period. The exterior is to be a free-standing cabinet of stained wood. The interior will depict the scene of an adult bedchamber in use by mother and child. The time period is about 1790 in the vicinity of Boston.

The posts in this series are (or will be):

• Introduction
• Survey of the exterior of the box
• Plan of the space inside the box
• Exterior prep
• Exterior finish
• Interior prep
• Windows
• Fireplace
• Walls
• Ceiling
• Floor
• Finish trim
• Shadowbox scenery

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Materials, Fit and Finish

This is the third roombox I have purchased from this same manufacturer. I really like the designs and this one is a special request by me for a wider single-room version. These boxes are made one-by-one in a small wood shop, so each one has its own character. This one has joints that are a bit sloppy and a few other blemishes that will need to be filled. Do I sound a bit critical? Sorry. The problem is me, I’ve gotten picky. Things that I hardly noticed in the past jump to my eye, now. Probably time that I start making my own boxes.

This is what the box will look like once assembled. The drawer is three inches deep so that it can hold most furniture items that I might seasonally swap out of a room. The room is about 10″ deep and 15″ wide on the inside. For a pine box it has decent details on the edges. The walls a 1/4″ plywood that has a finished birch veneer on the exterior.

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